The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 685

"There's a car coming from the opposite side, where are you heading?"

Walter grasped the armrest tightly.

Yet Novalee said calmly, "It's all right, my skills are quite good, considering that this is the first time I've driven a car."

"What? This is the first time? You don't have a driver's license?"

"I haven't taken the driving test yet as it's too expensive, and I want to do it only when the price drops."

Novalee said in a nonchalant manner, but Walter's heart was pounding wildly.

"Stop the car! Stop!"

Walter had never been so scared in his life!

He'd entrusted his life to a woman who didn't know how to drive, and she even accelerated the car up to 160km/h!

Walter was going crazy.

On the other hand, Novalee asked without a hint of nervousness at all, "Where's the brake?"

Walter didn't want to utter another word.

He hurriedly squeezed over to the driver's seat and stepped on the brake.

Immediately, the car halted, and Walter hit the windshield because of the abrupt stop. Meanwhile, Novalee haplessly bumped into his chest.

Walter's chest hit the steering wheel after Novalee collided with him, and he felt as if his ribs were broken.

He had never been in such a disheveled state, and anger rushed through him as he grimaced in pain.

"Are you out of your mind? How dare you drive without a license and furthermore at a speed of 160km/h? How dare you break the speed limit? What are you thinking? Even if you want to commit suicide, don't drag me along with you!"

Walter roared, and Novalee felt as if she was about to go deaf.

She looked at Walter and said indifferently, "What's wrong? It's not like I haven't done it before. I've just never driven a car like yours! I use my electric scooter every day, and it's no different with your car." Walter was so angry that he didn't want to talk to her anymore.

How was an electric scooter the same as a sports car?

What kind of logic was that?

"Get out of the car!"

Walter felt that he was burning with anger every single time he was with Novalee.

Novalee got out of the car obediently as she thought that he wanted to take over the driver's role, but who knew that he would drive the car away immediately after moving to the driver's seat! "Hey!"

Novalee shouted from behind, but Walter turned a deaf ear to her and went straight back in the direction they came.

At that moment, he was filled with regret.

He wanted to look for Mango and get this freak out of his life.

He couldn't help Mango with this matter.

On the other hand, Novalee knew that she must have irritated Walter to the max as she watched him leave without hesitation.

She thought that it wasn't a big deal, but why would Walter react so exaggeratedly?

Novalee sat on the side of the road in disappointment and wondered if she should go to Clayville or return home. Plus, it wasn't a short distance either way.

The bus would probably only arrive at this place at night regardless of which choice she picked.

All of a sudden, she felt so hungry that her stomach started growling.

What a petty man!

Wasn't it just her driving? Must he abandon her at this place?

Novalee pouted as she looked at the map from her phone and found that she was around ten kilometers away from the next bus stop.

Then, she checked the weather and found that it was rather sunny.

So, Novalee got up and patted her butt before she walked toward the next bus station.

She had to conduct the field trip no matter what, or else the company would not be able to expand its business in the future.

Moreover, Novalee wanted to repay Mango's kindness regardless of the hardship. She was originally a low-ranking staff member, but Mango promoted her to the general manager's position all of a sudden. Hence, she was really excited about it.

Novalee cheered herself up and walked toward her destination while humming a song.

On the other hand, Walter drove for more than five kilometers before he finally pulled his car over to the side of the road.

He didn't like Novalee as she always angered him to the max, but she was still Mango's subordinate after all. Mango valued her a lot, though Walter didn't know what capabilities Novalee had that made Mango think so highly of her.

Novalee graduated from high school and started working right away, but she had always been a low- ranking employee of the tourism company. Walter didn't find anything special about her, and he wondered why Mango promoted her to general manager.

Besides, Novalee was really stubborn, and she was always determined to do whatever she thought was right.

At that moment, Walter felt that it was wrong for him to leave her in the middle of the road.

"Fine, I won't argue with her, and I'll just stop her from driving my car in the future. I need to do what I promised Mango anyway."

Walter said to himself although he felt that he was at a disadvantage.

Nevertheless, he decided that he should talk to Mango about this issue later on.

Walter muttered in his heart as he turned the car around to return to the location just now, only to find that Novalee was gone.

"Did some bad guys kidnap her?"

Walter looked at the surrounding mountains and said to himself, "No way, she's such a tough woman that any guy would be afraid of her...but where did she go?"

He returned to his departure point, but he didn't see Novalee, so the only possibility was that she had headed further down the road.

How did she leave?

Did she walk?

Walter thought that it was impossible, but he continued driving down the road.

Within ten minutes, Walter saw Novalee walking forward while singing a song.

He couldn't believe that she really walked all the way here.

She wasn't planning to go to Clayville by foot, was she?

Walter couldn't understand what Novalee was thinking.

He was about to call out her name, but then he heard her beautiful voice.

Novalee was tanned, but she could sing well and Walter was moved by her voice.

At that instant, Walter thought of Mango.

Mango had a pleasing voice too in the past, but she ended up in such a condition. What could he do to help Mango regain her voice?

Recently, Walter had used his wide connections to look for experts that could treat Mango's vocal cords, but none of them had a solution for her situation. Walter felt extremely dejected.

He didn't want Mango to be mute for the rest of her life as he still wanted to hear her voice.

She had to type what she wanted to say on her phone when she wasn't home, and she couldn't utter a word to the police whenever she faced an emergency. Mango shouldn't be living such a life.

For a few moments, Walter was lost in thought.

When he came to his senses again, he found that Novalee was gone.

"Hey? Where did she go again?"

Walter stopped his car and got out before looking around, but he couldn't find Novalee.

"Where the hell did this crazy woman come from?"

Walter got back in the car while talking to himself, but he heard a voice behind him.

"You're the crazy one."

Walter was shocked.

"My god! When did you get in the car? Are you a ghost? You didn't even make a sound!"

"I would kill you if I were a ghost! What an inconsiderate man you are for abandoning me in the middle of the road! No one would ever fall for a pretty boy like you, and I wouldn't like you either if I were Ms. Shen. A gentleman would never behave like this."

Walter's mouth twitched at Novalee's words.

"What did you say? Do you believe that I'll..."

"You're discourteous enough to leave me in the middle of nowhere, so I'm sure you won't refrain from doing anything rude. Let me tell you, Ms. Shen will never fall for someone like you."

Novalee's words caught Walter's attention.

"Wait a minute, what did you say? You said that Ms. Shen would not fall for me? Why would you say that?"

"Isn't it obvious that you like Ms. Shen? Do you think that no one can tell?"

Novalee's words made Walter laugh all of a sudden.

"I'm sure that everyone else would notice it since even a fool like you realized that. Do you think that

Mango..." "Impossible! Ms. Shen would never fall for a pretty boy who bullies women like you."

Walter's mouth twitched again.

"You'd better shut up from now on, or else I'll put tape over your mouth."

He really despised this woman a lot!

That wasn't right...

She was not a woman at all!

Novalee did not bother to argue with him, and she decided to go easy on him this time as he came back to look for her after all.

A few moments later, Novalee noticed the bottle of water next to Walter, and she surmised that he must have bought it not long ago as the bottle was still full.

Novalee was very tired after the walk, so she took the bottle and unstoppered it before gulping down the water without a second thought.

It was too late for Walter to stop her as he watched Novalee finish his bottle of water in one go.

Novalee replied innocently as she saw Walter staring at her. "It's just a bottle of water, isn't it? I'll buy another one for you when we arrive at the bus station."

"Girl, it's not about the water...haven't you noticed that I've already drunk it? Don't you have any hygiene awareness as a girl?"

Walter was displeased once again.

However, Novalee said nonchalantly, "Ugh...I came from the countryside, and I'm not as petty as you. What's the matter with drinking your water since I'm thirsty? It's not a big deal, and I don't mind it at all as you look healthy, right?"

However, she suddenly felt a little scared as Walter didn't utter a word.

"Wait, are you sick?"

"Yeah, sick in the head!"

Walter felt that he must have been out of his mind for agreeing with Mango to bring Novalee on a field trip.

Having said that, he stepped on the accelerator and continued driving angrily while feeling disgusted deep down.

Novalee even drank his water... ugh, what the hell was going on?

The more he thought about it, the more disgusted he felt, although Novalee didn't seem to care about it at all. He felt really frustrated as the two of them clearly had different ways of thinking, and they couldn't communicate well with each other.

Eventually, they arrived at the bus stop. Then, Novalee suddenly shouted, "Stop the car!"

Walter thought that something was wrong with her, so he stopped the car in a hurry.

Then, Novalee got off the car to buy two bottles of mineral water and handed them to Walter.

"There you go, I'll return you two bottles of water since I drank one of yours... Alright, you can leave now since we're even."

"Leave? Where are you going?"

Walter didn't understand what Novalee meant.

Novalee pointed to the signboard and said, "I'll go by bus as I can clearly see that you don't enjoy being with me... You think that I'm a vulgar woman, don't you? I just drank your bottle of water, and you had

that huge of a reaction. Well, forget it. I don't like being with you anyway. You can drive while I'll take the bus. Although I'll take a little longer to reach there, it wouldn't cause any problem for the on-site

inspection."

Having said that, Novalee turned away and went straight to the bus stop before she sat down and waited.

Walter was speechless and he didn't know what to say.

It was the first time that a woman had refused to be in the car with him and he felt displeased deep down, although he didn't want to admit that Novalee was female.

In fact, Novalee was an honest and outspoken person although she was really straightforward. However, Walter couldn't tolerate her blatant words.

Mango would surely beat him up if she knew that he let Novalee take public transport to Clayville all alone.

At the thought of this, Walter drove to the bus stop.